LONDON (Reuters) ―The design for an official commemorative (纪念性的) coin to mark the engagement of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton was unveiled on Thursday, but not everyone might recognize the bride-to-be.

  The depiction,based on photographs of the couple at a sporting event,bears some resem?blance to William but less to his fiancee(未婚妻) .

  Royal watchers said she appears much fuller in the face on the coin than she is in real life.

  "This coin is of historical importance―to get it so wrong seems ridiculous," Editor-in-Chief of     Majesty magazine, Ingrid Seward, was quoted on the Sky News website as saying.

  The design was approved by the 28-year-old couple and by William's grandmother Queen Elizabeth.

  The Royal Mint,which produced the collectors' item,said it had no intention of changing the design.

  "It is quite a subjective issue, ”a spokesman for the Mint,based in Llantrisant,south Wales, told Reuters.

  "It is always challenging to engrave(雕刻) profiles and features onto something as small as a coin,particularly the features of young people.”

  Prince William, second-in-line to the throne after his father Prince Charles, announced his engagement to his long-term girlfriend in November, and the couple will marry on April 29.

  Production of the coin has yet to begin, and it is not clear how many will be struck,but or?ders have been taken.

  The Royal Mint has created many commemorative medals and coins to mark special occa?sions ,including the 2012 London Olympics as well as other royal events, but this is the first time it has created a commemorative royal engagement coin. 

(   ) 5. What's wrong with the coin?

   A.One of the figures doesn't look like the real person.

   B.Nobody can recognize the woman on the coin.

   C.The royal family are not satisfied with the design.

   D.It was rejected on the collection market.

(   ) 6. How did the Royal Mint react to the problem?

   A.They apologized and promised to correct it.

   B.They explained but insisted on making it as it is.

   C.They denied all criticism about the coin.

   D.They admitted it was their fault but refused to redesign it. 

(   ) 7. What is the purpose of making the coin?

   A.To provide a new item for the collectors.

   B.To announce the marriage of Prince William.

   C.To commemorate the Olympic Games in the UK.

   D.To mark an important event of the royal family.

   B. .

  A lazy Susan is an addition to a table,which is designed to assist in moving food from one person to another while dining. This is accomplished through the use of a turntable(转盘) , which usually moves the food in a circle when pushed by those at table. In this way,the food never has to be picked up and passed around the table. Instead, it remains in place as the lazy Susan is turned about.

  A lazy Susan may also be a part of a kitchen cabinet. One may spin the lazy Susan in order to find certain goods stored in it. From the outside, a lazy Susan appears to be two cabinets. When one of these cabinets is pushed, however, both doors move and the lazy Susan is revealed inside.

  Whether the lazy Susan is on a tabletop or within a cabinet,it can be made of a variety of materials. Most commonly, a lazy Susan is made of either plastic, wood or glass. Some people believe that Thomas Jefferson invented the lazy Susan,though it was referred to as a dumb wai?ter(上菜升降架) at that time. It is said that Jefferson invented the lazy Susan because his daugh?ter complained she was always served last at table and,as a result,never found herself full when leaving the table. Others believe that Thomas Edison was the inventor, as he is believed to have invented the turntable for his phonograph(留声机) ,which later developed into the lazy Susan.

  Regardless of who invented it,it wasn't until 1917 that the term lazy Susan was created in an advertisement for the invention. In Britain, however, the term dumb waiter is still used rath?er than the term lazy Susan. The reason for the name lazy Susan remains a mystery. One theory is that it was named after either Jefferson's or Edison's daughter, both of whom were named Su?san.

(   ) 5. According to the passage, a lazy Susan        .

   A.is a person who passes food at table

   B.is a waitress who helps move dinner tables

   C.is an additional round table in a dining room

   D.is a turntable that passes food around the table

(   ) 6. Why did Jefferson's daughter Susan complain she was served last when having meals?

   A.Because she was too lazy.

   B.Because she was the youngest.

   C.Because the table was too tall for her.

   D.Because the table couldn't move food for her. 

(   ) 7. From the passage, we can know that        .

   A.the lazy Susan was invented earlier than the phonograph

   B.Susan was the name of Jefferson's and Edison's daughter

   C.Jefferson and Edison invented the lazy Susan at the same time

   D.when people talk about a lazy waitress they use the term "Susan" 

(   ) 8. What's the main idea of the passage?

    A.What is a lazy Susan?

   B.When was the lazy Susan created?

   C.Why do inventions come from daily life?

   D.How was "dumb waiter" replaced by "lazy Susan"?

 They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do it in the classroom with their hands behind their back. They do it so much that their thumbs hurt.

  Spurred(刺激) by the unlimited texting plans offered by carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month, according to the Nielsen Company一almost 80 messages a day.

  The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists. Dr. Martin Joffe, a pediatrician in Greenbrae,Calif.,recently surveyed students at two local high schools and said he found that many were routinely sending hundreds of texts every day.

  The rise in texting is too recent to have produced any conclusive data on health effects. But Sherry Turkle, a psychologist who has studied texting among teenagers in the Boston area for three years,said it might be causing a shift in the way adolescents develop.

  "Among the jobs of adolescence are to separate from your parents,and to find the peace and quiet to become the person you decide you want to be," she said. "Texting hits directly at both those jobs.”

  Psychologists expect to see teenagers break free from their parents as they grow into autono- mous adults,Professor Turkle went on, " but if technology makes something like staying in touch very,very easy, that's harder to do;now you have adolescents who are texting their mothers 15 times a day,asking things like, * Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?'" 

(   ) 5. The purpose of the first paragraph is to tell us        .

   A.American teenagers are addicted to texting

   B.texting can affect American teens in many ways

   C.the great influence of texting on American society

   D.the value of texting for American teenagers

(   ) 6. According to psychologists, teenagers        as they grow into autonomous a-

dults.

    A.should keep in touch with their parents

   B.should live without modern technology

   C.need some freedom or independence

   D.needn't be independent from their parents

(   ) 7. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

   A.American teenagers are not allowed to use mobile phones in school.

   B.Texting can also affect American teenagers' studies.

   C.Texting has no bad effects on American teenagers' health.

   D.Parents are not worried about the effects of texting. 

(   ) 8. We can infer from the last paragraph that        .

   A.texting helps narrow the generation gap between parents and kids

   B.technology can help teens to become more autonomous adults

   C.it's necessary for teens to ask for their parents' advice

   D.texting can play a .negative role in teenagers' becoming autonomous adults

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